De Pretto Industrie is pleased to announce the award by A2A of an order for the supply of a 8 MW steam turbogenerator to be installed in the Cremona waste-to-energy plant.
Currently the plant has two waste-to-energy lines for solid waste, special waste and medical waste driven by two steam turbines: a 2 MW backpressure (TV1) and a 4 MW condensing (TV2). The plant is providing district heating to the Cremona municipality covering approximately 50% of the annual heat needs.
A2A has launched a project to increase the efficiency and energy recovery and consequently the production of electricity by installing a new turbine (TV3) to replace the TV1 and that has to be capable of operating both in cogeneration (in the winter period) and full condensing (in summer).
The new TV3 turbine will therefore be able to process all the superheated steam produced by the boilers of lines 1 and 2 and feed the district heating network of the city of Cremona through an adjustable low-pressure steam bleed from which it will be possible to extract an higher flow of steam, ideally up to about 70-80% of the full live steam.
We are extremely proud of this additional milestone that contributes to further consolidate the strategic collaboration between De Pretto Industrie and A2A group in the turbomachinery space. This follows the recent award to De Pretto Industrie by A2A of a service agreement covering the 5 steam turbine generators of the waste-to-energy plants of Milan, Bergamo, Corteolona, Filago and Parona.
